The New Year party where time jumped forward nearly 600 years

Krdo · May 27, 2026 · 1520 words · By CNN Newssource

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The New Year party where time jumped forward nearly 600 years By Maureen O’Hare, CNN Istanbul, Turkey (CNN) — If you dreamed of holding one of history’s most seismic New Year parties, one capable of ripping through six centuries of time and uniting the…

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What happened

Why it matters

When the Champagne popped in this room on December 31, 1925, Turkey officially abolished the Rumi calendar, which was pinned to the year 1341, and instantly woke up in the Western Gregorian year of 1926.

Common ground

It was a literal 585-year chronological leap, executed overnight.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Exaggeration / Hyperbole: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that Before Saudi Arabia made the switch in 2016, Turkey was the last country in the world to make this transition?
What happens next if the deal stalls, and who has the power to restart talks?

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 16 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Before Saudi Arabia made the switch in 2016, Turkey was the last country in the world to make this transition.”

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Claim 2: “The world’s first standardized time arrangement, “railway time,” was introduced by the Great Western Railway in England as recently as November 1840.”

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Claim 3: “The Orient Express, launched in 1883, is a pioneer in long-distance, international rail travel and linked Paris to Istanbul in less than 76 hours.”

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Claim 4: “Around the 1870s there are two big fires around the area, because all the houses were the wooden houses”

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Claim 5: “The early 20th century... In the 40 or so short years since the hotel’s official opening in 1895”

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There is a contradiction in the evidence: Wikipedia and one web source state it opened in 1895, while other sources (including the Wikipedia entry for Pera Palace Hotel) state it was built in 1892.

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web search NEUTRAL — Pera Palace Hotel ; General information ; Location, Beyoğlu, Istanbul, Turkey ; Opened, 1895; 126 years ago ; Owner, Jumeirah Hotels (2012–2017).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pera_Palace_Hotel

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web search NEUTRAL — Pera Palace Hotel is undoubtedly among those places. The story of Pera Palace Hotel, which was opened in Pera, the heart of Istanbul towards the end of the 19th ...
https://perapalace.com/en/

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web search NEUTRAL — May 27, 2026 ... Pera Palace Hotel began being built 1895, for the purpose of hosting the passengers of the Orient Express. It's the oldest European Hotel in ...
https://www.facebook.com/cnn/posts/istanbuls-pera-palace-hot…

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Claim 6: “it was home to the second electric elevator in Europe (the first being in the Eiffel Tower.)”

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Multiple web sources confirm the hotel had one of the first electric elevators in Europe, specifically citing it as the second after the Eiffel Tower.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This article provides information on the hotels in Istanbul, Turkey, including history of the hospitality industry in the city, brief overview of the current status of Istanbul's hospitality industry,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotels_in_Istanbul

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Pera Palace Hotel (Turkish: Pera Palas Oteli) is a historic special category hotel and museum hotel located in the Beyoğlu (Pera) district in Istanbul, Turkey. It was built in 1892 for the purpose…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pera_Palace_Hotel

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Tokatlıyan Hotels, founded by Meguerditch Tokatliyan, were two prominent luxury hotels located in Istanbul. Many famous individuals such as Leon Trotsky and Mustafa Kemal Atatürk stayed in one or …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokatlıyan_Hotels

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Claim 7: “Allied forces used the hotel as their unofficial headquarters during their occupation of Istanbul from 1918 to 1923.”

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Only one web search result explicitly mentions that Allied forces used the hotel as their unofficial headquarters during the occupation of Istanbul from 1918 to 1923.

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web search NEUTRAL — May 27, 2026 ... After the Ottoman Empire was defeated in World War I, Allied forces used the hotel as their unofficial headquarters during their occupation of ...
https://www.cnn.com/travel/pera-palace-hotel-istanbul

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web search NEUTRAL — Sep 11, 2025 ... Built in 1892, Pera Palace Hotel is one of the most representative European style hotels of the late Ottoman Empire.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DOdA21PAqpw/

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web search NEUTRAL — The main entrance to the Pera Palace Hotel, on the corner of Graveyard and Thugs Streets. For C t lin Partenie, teacher and friend. CONTENTS. Maps Author's Note.
https://www.scribd.com/document/499778715/Midnight-at-the-Pe…

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Claim 8: “It was the first establishment in Istanbul to provide electricity and hot water outside of the Ottoman palaces”

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While the hotel is described as a symbol of progress, the provided evidence does not explicitly confirm it was the 'first' establishment outside palaces to have electricity and hot water.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Midnight at the Pera Palace (Turkish: Pera Palas'ta Gece Yarısı), is a Turkish time travel historical drama television series directed by Emre Şahin starring Hazal Kaya, Tansu Biçer, Selahattin Paşalı…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_at_the_Pera_Palace

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pera Museum (Turkish: Pera Müzesi) is an art museum in the Tepebaşı quarter of the Beyoğlu (formerly called Pera) district in Istanbul, Turkey, at Meşrutiyet Avenue No. 65, adjacent to İstiklal Avenue…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pera_Museum

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Claim 9: “the Pera Palace was filled with Russian émigrés fleeing the Revolution of 1917”

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No evidence was provided in the search results to confirm or deny the presence of Russian émigrés at the hotel.

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Claim 10: “The hotel’s history is inextricably bound to the birth of the modern Turkish nation under the leadership of Mustafa Kemal, also known as Atatürk”

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Wikipedia and Britannica confirm Mustafa Kemal Atatürk as the founder and leader of the modern Republic of Turkey.

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web search NEUTRAL — Mustafa Kemal Atatürk ( c. 1881 – 10 November 1938) was a Turkish field marshal and statesperson who was the founder of the Republic of Turkey and served as ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustafa_Kemal_Atatürk

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web search NEUTRAL — May 19, 2026 ... Led the Turkish War of Independence and implemented radical reforms that secularized and modernized the country. His impact is immeasurable and ...
https://www.facebook.com/trtworld/posts/on-may-19-1919-musta…

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web search NEUTRAL — May 22, 2026 ... Kemal Atatürk was founder and first president of the Republic of Turkey, having galvanized the Turkish people after the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World ...
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kemal-Ataturk

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Claim 11: “Built in 1892 to host passengers arriving in Istanbul on the Orient Express long-distance train service”

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Wikipedia explicitly states that the Pera Palace Hotel was built in 1892 for the purpose of hosting passengers of the Orient Express.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Mallowan, Lady Mallowan (née Miller, 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976), usually known by her first married name, Agatha Christie, was an English author known for her 66 de…
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Claim 12: “its original sumptuous design by architect Alexander Vallaury has been well preserved by its two renovations in 2010 and 2014.”

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Wikipedia and web search results confirm Alexander Vallaury as the architect. One source mentions the hotel was operated by Jumeirah during the 2010s, which aligns with the renovation timeline, though the specific years 2010 and 2014 are not explicitly detailed as the only renovations in the provided snippets.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Alexandre Vallaury (1850–1921) was a Franco-Ottoman architect who established architectural education in the Ottoman Empire at the School of Fine Arts in Constantinople. Nicknamed "architect of the ci…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandre_Vallaury

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Claim 13: “the hotel’s unique legacy that inspired Charles King’s non-fiction book “Midnight at the Pera Palace,” as well as a time-traveling Netflix drama series of the same name”

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Wikipedia confirms the existence of the Netflix series 'Midnight at the Pera Palace'. While the book by Charles King is not explicitly detailed in the snippets, the series is verified.

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Claim 14: “Ethiopia, Nepal, Iran and Afghanistan are the four countries left which do not use it as their civil calendar”

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Claim 15: “The Pera Palace defines itself as a museum-hotel and is recognized in Turkey as a historical monument.”

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Claim 16: “On December 31, 1925, Turkey officially abolished the Rumi calendar, which was pinned to the year 1341, and instantly woke up in the Western Gregorian year of 1926.”

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Multiple web search results confirm that Turkey abolished the Rumi calendar on December 31, 1925, and transitioned to the Gregorian calendar, with the Rumi year 1341 ending on that date.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gregorian calendar is the calendar used in most parts of the world. It went into effect in October 1582 following the papal bull Inter gravissimas issued by Pope Gregory XIII, which introduced it …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_calendar

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Rumi calendar (Ottoman Turkish: رومی تقویم, Rumi takvim, lit. "Roman calendar"), a specific calendar based on the Julian calendar, was officially used by the Ottoman Empire after Tanzimat (1839) a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumi_calendar

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The month names in Turkish are derived from three languages: either from Latin, Levantine Arabic (which itself took its names from Aramaic), or from a native Turkish word. The Arabic-Aramaic month nam…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_months

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